The long and snowy winter produced numerous Montgomery County residents who went out of their way to help neighbors. On April 22, Councilmember Nancy Floreen (to the immediate left of the speaker) presented “Golden Shovel Awards” to 111 residents who helped neighbors shovel out after snowfalls. Many of the awardees attended the ceremonies in Rockville, including Pete Salinger of Bethesda (speaking), who shoveled sidewalks throughout his Bethesda neighborhood to help neighbors who would have had difficulty doing it themselves.